Corn stalk-harvester



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UNITED STAT-Es PATEN r Ormes,

PETER S. LUNDGREN, OF MARYSVILLE, KANSAS.

CORNSTALK-HARVESTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 1\l'o. 448,058, dated March10, 1891.

Application filed October 3l., 1890. Serial No. 369,987. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PETER S. LUNDGREN, residing at Marysville, in thecounty of Marshall and State of Kansas, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Cornstalk-Harvesters, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention which relates to machines for cutting cornstalks has forits object to provide a machine of this character that will be simple inconstruction, cheap as to cost, and eective for its desired purpose.

My invention consists in certain novel features of construction andpeculiar combination of parts, all of which will hereinafter be fullydescribed in the annexed specification, and particularly pointed out inthe claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure l is a top plan view of my improvements. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsection of the same on the line 2 2, Fig. l; and Fig. 3 is a transversesection thereof on theline 3 3, Fig. l.

In the accompanying drawings, A indicates the main frame or bodyportion, which consists of the side bars a ct, the rear cross-bar a',the central longitudinal bars a2 a2, and the transverse boards a3,secured to the under side of the bars a a a2, such boards forming thebottom B of the machine. By the aforesaid construction it will be seenthat the body portion is formed trough-like with forward open ends, suchends being provided with cutters C C, said cutters consisting of bladessecured to the under side of the forward ends of the bars ct a2 andarranged diagonally to the line of draft, as most clearly shown in Fig.1 of the drawings.

D D indicate the drive-wheels, which are journaled on the ends e ofangular stubshafts E, the vertical members e of which pass through thebottom B, and are held in place by means of the nuts e2.

To render the body A adjustable vertically relative to itssupporting-wheels, I arrange the members e of the shafts in verticalrecesses f in the sides of the bars a. By this arrangement it will beseen that by tightening or loosening the nuts e2 the body A can beraised orlowered, such adjustment in praca foot-rest, while upon theside bars a and the y rear cross-bar a guard-rails J Kare provided, fora purpose presently explained.

To operate my machine, the operators (it taking two men to operate thesame) sit back to back on the seat, each with one foot resting on thefoot-rest I, the other foot swinging on the outside of the seat towardthe corn-rows. By reference to Fig. l of the drawings it will beobserved that the machine operates on two rows of stalks at the sametime, the horse trav- Ycling between the rows. Now as the machineproceeds forward the men, sitting in opposite directions, catch the outstalks and throw them back onto the platform-bottom B, and when the saidplatform is full one of the men steps off behind while the other stepsoff from the side. The fenders or guides J on the sides a serve to pickup the leaning corn and to hold said leaning corn from the drive-WheelsWhile the guides K keep the cut corn from falling out behind onto thestubble.

By arranging the shafts and knives in the manner shown and described itis impossible for the horse to back up against the knives and be injuredthereby.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and d esire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

l. An improved corn-harvester, consisting of the body portion` A, formedof the side bars o., the cross-bar a', the centrallongitudinal bars a2CL2, and the boards a3, secured to the bottom of said bars, whereby atroughlike body B, having open ends, is formed, knives C, secured to theforward under ends of the bars o, a2 and disposed diagonally to the lineof draft, the shafts secured to the bars a2 between the cutters, theseat-bar I-I, the cross-piece I, the guards J K, and the sup- IOCporting-Wheels, all arranged substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

2. In a corn-lmrvester, the combination, with the body portion formedwith side bars o c,l1aving vertical recesses f, ol the supporting-shaftsE, each formed of a horizontal member e and 'a vertical member e', saidmember e passed through the bottom of the body, as shown, the member eseated in the recess f, the supporting-wheels mounted on [o the membere, and means for adjusting the body A on the said bent shafts E,substantially as and for the purpose described.

PETER S, LUNDGREN.

Witnesses:

OHAs. S. KOVESTER, GEO. PHILIP SCHMIDT.

